Description
Feel free to play around with this recipe. While pecans are one of my favourites other nuts such as hazelnuts or macadamias are also delicious.
Ingredients
Scale
- 60g (2oz) pecans + extra to decorate
- 225g (8oz) icing (powdered) sugar
- 25g (1oz) cocoa powder
- 2 egg whites
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160C (320F). Line a large tray with baking or parchment paper.
- Whizz pecans in a food processor until finely ground. Combine ground pecans, sugar, cocoa powder and egg whites in a bowl.
- Spoon into 1 tablespoon piles on the baking tray. Allow room for them to spread.
- Top each with pecan halves.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until puffy and starting to crack. Cool on the tray.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins